2nd Grade Science Vocabulary Cards & Big Idea Posters for NGSS

These Second Grade Science Vocabulary Cards and Big Idea Posters are a great tool for teaching sciences topics across the three domains. The posters and vocabulary cards follow the second-grade NGSS for Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical Science.

The vocabulary cards come in two formats. One format has three parts: picture, word, and definition. This format is perfect for small group or pocket chart matching. The second format is only the word and definition, perfect for a science wall.

The big idea posters summarize the key learnings for each topic taught in second grade.

Life Science Vocabulary Words

• 25 Vocabulary Cards
• 10 Idea Posters
• Some of the included words: egg, flower, fruit, leaf, nectar, organism, petal, pistil, plant, pollen, pollination, pollinator, reproduce, root, stamen, stem, arctic habitat, desert habitat, habitat, intertidal habitat, mountain habitat, ocean habitat, organism, pond habitat, rainforest habitat, river habitat, swamp habitat, temperate forest habitat

Physical Science Vocabulary Words

• 23 Vocabulary Cards
• 13 Big Idea Posters
• Some of the included words: atom, dissolve, evaporate, freeze, irreversible change, matter, melt, reversible change, gas, liquid, solid, states of matter, conclusion, engineers, experiment, gas, hardness, hypothesis, mass, properties of matter

Earth Science Vocabulary Words

• 60 Vocabulary Cards
• 29 Big Idea Posters
• Some of the included words: cinder cone volcano, inner core, crater, crust, earthquake, erosion, eruption, fault, lava, magma, magma chamber, mantle, plates, plate boundary, plate tectonics, shield volcano, stratovolcano, vent, outer core, butte, ice wedge, landform, mesa, plateau, spire, weathering, body of water, continent, compass rose, elevation, glacier, lake, legend, magnetic field, map, navigate, ocean, river, scale, symbol, condensation, evaporation, precipitation, river, river mouth, state, water cycle